Graham: S.C. has right to define marriage its own way

5:07 PM,
Nov. 1, 2013

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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says he stands by South Carolina's right to define marriage as heterosexual only and not facilitate benefits for same-sex couples at all of its National Guard facilities.

"I will support my state's ability to define marriage between a man and a woman, the right to do that," Graham said in Greenville Friday.

"I don't know how this ends in terms of the National Guard, but to the extent that the federal government is trying to impose upon South Carolina the recognition of same-sex marriage, I stand by my state," Graham said. ...